1968 HAHON, Nicholas (1924 – 2016)
Selected papers on the pathogenic rickettsiae. Edited by Nicholas Hahon.
"The selected papers ... range from the sixteenth century to the modern era. A number of the papers are classics in the field and several of the selections appear in English translation for the first time. The editor …
GMN 2581.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4347
1977 WOESE, Carl Richard (1928 – 2012); FOX, George Edward (1945 – )
Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms.
(Order of authorship in the original publication: Woese, Fox.) Woese and Fox discovered a "third kingdom" in microbial life that they called "archaebacteria" (Archaea) as distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes. In thei…
GMN 12300 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14522
1978 BRACEGIRDLE, Brian (1933 – 2015)
A history of microtechnique: The evolution of the microtome and the development of tissue preparation.
GMN 567.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/320
1988 FALKOW, Stanley (1934 – 2018)
Molecular Koch's postulates applied to microbial pathogenicity.
"Molecular Koch's postulates are a set of experimental criteria that must be satisfied to show that a gene found in a pathogenic microorganism encodes a product that contributes to the disease caused by the pathogen. …
GMN 11780 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13981
1990 WOESE, Carl Richard (1928 – 2012); KANDLER, Otto (1920 – 2017); WHEELIS, Mark L.
Towards a natural system of organisms: Proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya.
(Order of authorship in the original publication: Woese, Kandler, Wheelis.) Introduction of the three-domain biological classification system that divides cellular life into three forms or domains: Archaea, Bacteria, …
GMN 12301 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14523
1995 PASTEUR, Louis (1822 – 1895); GEISON, Gerald Lynn (1943 – 2001)
The private science of Louis Pasteur.
"His biography of Pasteur was viewed as an outstanding work of scholarship which penetrated the secrecy that had surrounded much of the legendary scientist's laboratory work. Geison used Pasteur's laboratory notebooks…
GMN 11019 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13215
1999 JOKLIK, Wolfgang Karl (1926 – 1919); YANOFSKY, Charles (1925 – 2018); ET AL
Microbiology: A centenary perspective. Edited by Wolfgang K. Joklik, Lars G. Ljungdahl, Alison D. O'Brien, Alexander von Graevenitz, Charles Yanofsky.
Classic 20th century papers presented with introductory notes and Prefaces to the following 5 sections: 1. Diagnostic Microbiology and Epidemiology, 2. Pathogenesis and Host Response Mechanisms, 3. General and Applied…
GMN 11234 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13431
2004 SMITH, Theobald (1859 – 1934); WOLFE, Richard J.; DOLMAN, Claude Ernest (1906 – 1994)
Suppressing the diseases of animals and man: Theobald Smith, microbiologist
GMN 7648 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9820
2005 FREDRICS, David N.; FIEDLER, Tina N.; MARRAZZO, Jeanne M.
Molecular identification of bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Fredricks, Fiedler, Marrazzo. Using molecular methods, the authors confirmed that absence or greatly reduced number of Lactobacilli was associated with vaginosis. They …
GMN 11396 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13595
2005 SONNENBURG, Justin L.; XU, Jian; LEIP, Douglas D.; ET AL
Glycan foraging in vivo by an intestine adapted bacterial symbiont.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Sonnenberg, Xu, Leip....The authors showed that complex plant carbohydrates (glycans), which the human body cannot digest, provide food for benign bacteria in the micro…
GMN 11481 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13680
2007 CRAWFORD, Dorothy H.
Deadly companions: How microbes shaped our history.
GMN 11348 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13546
2007 CORR, Sinéad Cristin; LI, Yin; REIDEL, Christian U.; HILL, Colin; ET AL
Bacteriocin production as a mechanism for the antiinfective activity of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Corr, Li, Reidel...Hill. The authors discovered that Lactobacilli produce a bacteriocin, a peptidic toxin that inhibits the growth of similar or closely related bacteri…
GMN 11478 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13677
2013 NOOD, Els van; VRIEZE, Anne; NIEUWDORP, Max; ET AL
Duodenal infusion of donor feces for recurrent Clostridium difficile.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Nood, Vrieze, Nieuwdorp....This research provided convincing evidence that fecal donation (faecal microbiota transplantation) is more effective therapy for virulent C. …
GMN 11459 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13658
2018 STEWART, Christopher James; AJAMI, Nadim J.; O'BRIEN, Jacqueline L.; ET AL
Temporal development of the gut microbiome in early childhood from the TEDDY study.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Stewart, Ajami, O'Brien....This study confirmed that "breastfeeding was associated with higher levels of Bididofacterium species" (a very desirable organism), and that …
GMN 11461 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13660
2018 PIEWNGAM, Pipat; ZHENG, Yue; NGUYEN, Thuan H.; ET AL
Pathogen elimination by probiotic Bacillus via signaling interference.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Piewngam, Zheng, Nguygen....The authors discovered a mechanism by which probiotics help maintain a healthy microbiome. They showed that Bacillus subtilis can produce a …
GMN 11480 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13679
2019 SHAO, Yan; FORSTER, Samuel C.; TSALIKI, Evdokia; ET AL
Stunted microbiota and opportunistic pathogen colonization in caearian-section birth.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Shao, Forster, Tsaliki....The authors used whole genome sequencing to characterize the microbiota of caesarian babies, demonstrating that caesarian babies were not colo…
GMN 11460 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13659
2019 ALMEIDA, Alexandre; MITCHELL, Alex L.; BOLAND, Miguel; ET AL
A new genomic blueprint of the human gut microbiota.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Almeida, Mitchell, Boland.... Abstract: "The composition of the human gut microbiota is linked to health and disease, but knowledge of individual microbial species is n…
GMN 11462 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13661
2019 INTEGRATIVE HMP RESEARCH NETWORK CONSORTIUM
The integrative human microbiome project.
Results from this large research consortium show the influence of the microbiome on preterm birth, inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, and prediabetes leading to type II diabetes. (Th…
GMN 11477 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13676
2019 ZIMMERMANN, Michael B.; SIMMERMAN-KOGADEEVA, Maria; WEGMANN, Rebekka; ET AL
Mapping human microbiome drug metabolism by gut bacteria and their genes.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Zimmermann, Simmerman-Kogadeeva, Wegmann....The authors looked at 271 drugs and 68 different species from the main taxonomic microbiome groups. Of the 271 drugs, 176 un…
GMN 11482 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13681
2020 IMACHI, Hiroyuki; NOBU, Masaru K.; NAKAHARA, Nozomi; TAKAI, Ken; ET AL
Isolation of an archeon at the prokaryote eukaryote interface.
(Order of authorship in the original publication: Imachi, Nobu, Nakahara...Takai.) The authors report that after 12 years of research they have cultured a microorganism that may be the transitional species between pro…
GMN 12302 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14524
2021 WHO IMMEDIATE KMC STUDY GROUP
Immediate "kangaroo mother care" and survival of infants with low birth weight.
This study demonstrated that "vulnerable infants have a better chance of survival if they start receiving 'kangaroo mother care'--which calls for babies to spend as much time as possible in direct contact with a caref…
GMN 13477 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15751
